Recent content by WillW

MBAM Pro, Microsoft Security Essentials and Win Patrol.

Sophos has one of the highest detection rates of AV products, e.g. it catches 98% of samples before they install, it's not so good at removing installed malware. http://www.av-comparatives.org

If anyone is interested... Facebook buys Instagram for $1bn

Wasn't it still in warranty?

Hirens contains proprietary code - it breaches copyright of a few companies, let alone most of the tools being completely out of date. Are you sure your Vista disc is okay? The only time I've experienced the same problem as this was when using a badly scratched disc.

I wish they would just upgrade mine to the speed I'm paying for at the moment... I seem to have been unlucky in my area with Virgin, they're running an old network here with far too many people on it.

Market share isn't the only thing that determins whether malware is developed for an OS. ....because no one jailbreaks their iPhone. Mobile phones are much less targeted for malware in general, most people don't use online banking on their mobile, and if you suddenly get pop-ups on your phone...

Despite the fact there is Mac Malware out in the wild? The webpage for Gatekeeper even has a section defining malware.

The latest... http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/02/flashback-mac-trojan-is-back-with-new-and-improved-exploit-strategy.ars

Why not use Windbg? Also, can't you do the same thing by calling Kernel Mode functions?

70% of BSOD issues are caused by 3rd party drivers. Just saying. :smile: Out of interest, does anyone here debug mem dumps?

Wordpress is fundamentally a blogging tool. However, you can use it to create "pages", which are just normal webpages. Have you considered using Joomla?

Agreed, far more flexibility if it's hosted yourself.

We use Wordpress at TSF to publish articles: http://www.techsupportforum.com/ What kind of thing are you trying to set up?

I believe so. My area is using old an old NTL network hence my poor connection.